LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has announced Miguel Cabrera, entering his 19th campaign in the majors, as his Opening Day first baseman. The Tigers begin the season Thursday against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. The memorable day of baseball will also be Cabrera’s first regular-season contest at first base since June
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Looking back, Marwin Gonzalez is thankful for the transformation that reshaped his career. In a backup role with the Houston Astros, he played a career-high 103 games in the 2014 season, his third year in the majors. At the time, Gonzalez considered himself a shortstop. Then, manager AJ Hinch showed up. “He was the one
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Even with team rosters finally coming into focus with Opening Day approaching, there are still significant questions to be answered for every Major League team. Whether it’s a club looking to snap a lengthy postseason drought or the reigning champion Dodgers, every team has at least one lingering matter that will play out over the
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While Spring Training stats don’t carry all of the weight, it still can be exciting when a young player grabs the spotlight at camp. Top prospects Ke’Bryan Hayes and Akil Baddoo continued notching big hits for their respective teams as both registered exit velocities over 100 mph in Monday’s Grapefruit League action. Hayes, baseball’s No.
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Finally? Finally. Finally. Yes, finally, we’ll get baseball that counts, beginning Thursday. (OK, OK, we’ve got a couple more spring training games today and tomorrow, but who’s counting?) Cleveland will be in town — they’re lacking Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco, Carlos Santana, Trevor Bauer and their old nickname (more or less), but Shane Bieber is
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees, 5-2, on Monday at George M. Steinbrenner Field, improving to 13-11 in Grapefruit League play. What happened The Tigers scored their five runs on six hits and two walks. They struck out 13 times. Right-hander Jose Urena made his final spring start and pitched into the fifth inning.
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The Tigers watched the Twins and White Sox vault from rebuilding teams with loads of young talent to playoff contenders to division favorites over the past few years. It’s not Detroit’s turn to make the jump just yet, but it’s time for the Tigers to turn the corner. A.J. Hinch’s arrival as manager and Chris
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TAMPA, Fla. — In a surprising move, Detroit Tigers first baseman Renato Nunez is staying with the organization, despite not getting cut Friday from consideration to make the 26-man Opening Day roster. The slugger turns 27 next week and will report to Toledo. He is be stationed set to compete at the alternate training site in April before Triple-A
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Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter was looking forward to his first Opening Day in the Major Leagues, but he will have to watch from afar. The first-year coach is in isolation after receiving a positive test for COVID-19 on Sunday night, manager A.J. Hinch announced Monday morning. The Tigers have put additional coaches in camp
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Detroit — The Tigers will not have their new pitching coach in the dugout on Opening Day on Thursday. Manager AJ Hinch announced Monday that Chris Fetter had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be away from the team “for the foreseeable future.” “I’m devastated for him,” Hinch said. “No. 1, we’re going to navigate through
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